Based in Aberdeen, the Club was founded in 1887 and is the oldest and one of the largest hillwalking and climbing club in Scotland. Its coat-of-arms was granted in 1965. Its members have from time to time included a number of climbers of repute, but most are simply hillwalkers with interests ranging from cross-country walks, through more strenuous hillwalking (and unashamed Munro-bagging), to serious rock and ice-climbing. The club is a registered UK charity.
Today we are simply a group of enthusiasts who love the mountains and activities carried out in the great outdoors, enjoying nature and the wilderness.
Our objectives are:
- To encourage mountaineering, with special reference to the Cairngorm mountains
- To promote competence, safety, knowledge and responsibility of attitude amongst mountaineers
- To offer opportunities to engage in that pursuit in company with others
- To impart information concerning mountains
- To keep under review rights of access to Scottish mountains
- To issue publications